majority

Mehrheit

More than half (50%) of some group

• They believed they were in the majority.

  Sie glaubten, in der Mehrheit zu sein.

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• He won the election by a large majority.

  Er gewann die Wahl mit einer großen Mehrheit.

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Mehrheit

Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole)

Mehrheit

In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combinedselten

Mehrheit

Legal adulthood, age of majorityselten

Mehrheit

The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of majorselten

Mehrheit

Ancestors; ancestryselten